Man jailed after Facebook rape confession

An illegal immigrant from Uganda who confessed to a rape on Facebook has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Former charity worker John Ssewagudde, 21, carried out the attack on a 28-year-old woman at her flat in Glasgow on June 25th last year.

John Ssewagudde confessed to the attack on Facebook (PA)

Ssewagudde later posted a message on Facebook that read: ‘I admit it. I raped you.’

The entry on the social networking site proved to be his downfall, as officers from Strathclyde Police were able to use phone records and computer enquiries to prove it had been sent from his mobile phone.

Despite his cyber-confession, Ssewagudde claimed throughout his trial at Glasgow High Court that he had consensual sex with the woman.

He even said she made him breakfast before he left and had subsequently sent him two raunchy text messages.

However, the jury were not swayed by his protestations and found him guilty of rape at a trial last month.

Judge Lord Turnbull had warned Ssewagudde, who was in Scotland illegally following the expiry of his visa, to expect a custodial sentence and today handed him a four-year jail term.